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an upcoming anime-inspired narrative adventure game.
solodeveloper
innerspace
2025 -
"Night Sky Lights" is a cyberpunk adventure I'm designing and developing in Unreal Engine 5. The project is in early days of pre-production, but a prologue visual novel is coming soon.
teaser video coming soon...
Some of the branding work I've done for the game.
side-scrolling action role-playing game
uxdesigner[contract]
stoic
2024
I worked on "Towerborne" as a UX Designer, tasked with auditing and improving the onboarding and overall user flow of the game.
I crafted a comprehensive "UX Audit" for Stoic and presented my user research findings on the experiential pitfalls of "Towerborne" and suggested systemic improvements to the user flow and user interface.
Some sample pages from the UX Audit, highlighting UX pitfalls and suggesting improvements to the flow and UI via new mockups.
cinematic, survival horror game
sruxdesigner
remedy
2020 - 2021
During my time as a Sr. UX Designer at Remedy, I supported the Alan Wake 2 UX team with design feedback and input on two of the game's biggest features.
I reviewed designs and provided feedback for the diegetic player interactions in the "Mind Place" and "Writer's Room".
The goal was to clarify and simplify how the player interacted in these meta-game spaces, and improve their understanding of the connection between actions taken here and the results in the larger game world.
The goal was to clarify and simplify how the player interacted in these meta-game spaces, and improve their understanding of the connection between actions taken here and the results in the larger game world.
At the same time, I also worked as the UX & UI designer for a (now cancelled) multiplayer 3rd-person shooter in Unreal Engine 5.
I designed and implemented the user-flows and all player HUDs and game menus. I also closely collaborated with the Remedy User Research team to playtest and collect real player feedback on game systems, to help the dev team define the experience and "find the fun" in early pre-production.
I designed and implemented the user-flows and all player HUDs and game menus. I also closely collaborated with the Remedy User Research team to playtest and collect real player feedback on game systems, to help the dev team define the experience and "find the fun" in early pre-production.
fantasy, action roleplaying game
sruxdesigner
obsidian
2021 - 2022
I worked as the Sr. UX Designer on "Avowed", bringing to life the player HUD and key game menus.
I designed the player HUD to have many states, so that the player would see relevant feedback on the HUD in various contexts.
first-person military shooter
While at Sledgehammer Games I wored as a UX Designer, designing and implementing screens and menus on five Call of Duty Titles, including:
Call of Duty WWII, Call of Duty Black Ops IV, Call of Duty Mobile, Call of Duty Modern Warfare, and Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War.
Call of Duty WWII, Call of Duty Black Ops IV, Call of Duty Mobile, Call of Duty Modern Warfare, and Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War.
Here's a link detailing the design and engineering process of bringing to life the onboarding experience of Call of Duty WWII.
Some sample screens of the UI I designed for Call of Duty WWII.
